Wish l had done it that way ,l sprayed my first,took a long long time to do Yes that hatch was the only piece left,l found another hatch missing,used one from my spares box,will post a photo,also there should be railings around the walk ways on the funnel which they missed,but that's the only item l found .

Wish l had done it that way ,l sprayed my first,took a long long time to do :scratch: Yes that hatch was the only piece left,l found another hatch missing,used one from my spares box,will post a photo,also there should be railings around the walk ways on the funnel which they missed,but that's the only item l found .

Incidentally, this is how you know they completely forgot about a piece until all the instruction were done.

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Incidentally, this is how you know they completely forgot about a piece until all the instruction were done.

Posted: Sun Jun 15, 2014 4:50 pm

Timmy C

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Re: Orange Hobby 1/700 HMS hermes

Yours looks great, Chris! I find it interesting how we approach it from opposite directions - yours with the island first, and mine from the hull. I mixed up the different lengths of chain for the port side landing craft, so I'm in a bit of a quandary as to what to do with them - just leave them off? Place them on the flight deck as though for repairs? Or try to fit them back on? Hmm.

Latest progress from last night: started adding PE to the island, beginning with the funnel. I'll probably regret this later, but I plan on painting the PE after they've all been attached - the aesthetic of all the shiny brass is too tempting to ignore!

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Yours looks great, Chris! I find it interesting how we approach it from opposite directions - yours with the island first, and mine from the hull. I mixed up the different lengths of chain for the port side landing craft, so I'm in a bit of a quandary as to what to do with them - just leave them off? Place them on the flight deck as though for repairs? Or try to fit them back on? Hmm.

Latest progress from last night: started adding PE to the island, beginning with the funnel. I'll probably regret this later, but I plan on painting the PE after they've all been attached - the aesthetic of all the shiny brass is too tempting to ignore!

With the hull done, I've started doing a bit more with the island - cut out and dry fitted all the major parts. Some seems on the horizontal surfaces and quite a bit of trimming had to be done for the pieces to fit into their slots, but nothing too major.

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With the hull done, I've started doing a bit more with the island - cut out and dry fitted all the major parts. Some seems on the horizontal surfaces and quite a bit of trimming had to be done for the pieces to fit into their slots, but nothing too major.

Posted: Mon Jun 09, 2014 1:25 am

Timmy C

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Re: Orange Hobby 1/700 HMS hermes

Thanks folks!

An update! Glued her down and finished the water:

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It's no Chris Flodberg, but a big improvement over my previous efforts. Used a lot more thinned paints this time and experimented more with mixing colours.

Thanks folks!

An update! Glued her down and finished the water:

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It's no Chris Flodberg, but a big improvement over my previous efforts. Used a lot more thinned paints this time and experimented more with mixing colours.